Palm Pixi Makes Early Appearance in Walmart Display
Tom, a reader and apparent late-night shopper sent in this photo of the Pixi on display at a Walmart in Tennessee. It looks like Walmart has them listed for $400 retail, but sadly the kind folks at the discount chain didn't have the device fully in their system, thwarting any effort to actually purchase the thing.
The Pixi gets officially released on Sunday, but we're not at all surprised to see it pop up early here and won't be surprised to see if pop up and possibly be sold early elsewhere. If you're not familiar with Sprint, here's the story: they almost always release their phones on Sunday - as they're doing with the Pixi - but inevitably some stores start selling early, Sprint telesales often allows people to buy as early as the Thursday before, and it's general geek mayhem in the days leading up to any smartphone launch on the network. In that regard, the Pre launch was an incredibly well-executed anomaly for the carrier.
We're not suggesting you start harrassing your local Sprint reps or start camping out at your local Walmart, of course, We're just saying that don't be surprised if there are plenty of serendipitous early buyers popping up in our forums before Sunday. Heck, LACienega already has one!
Thanks, Tom!
